GREYTOWN NOTES.
y .. ... .. B (Frotp Our Own Correspondent) Wednesday, Mr J. B. Hebley, boot and shoe;l maker of this town, Mb just opened a fruit sliop adjoining bis bootwarej house. The town is well-stocked j with fruiterers now and the Chinkies 8 look rather disappointed, The town is going to be overdone I with ' rag-shops.' I bear another t intends opening up for a few months, 3 It must be bad for the permanent gWkeepers. ' ■ ■ The Maoris have takell up till available premises, Fallor'B blu j 'Jjrewery jg fp bp converted into a { dwelljng-houW" Things jyill'lopk [. rather lively here jn 'a-•week'. I heal* j the natives haven't much' cash to , spend, This' will be : a disappointI ment to many who intended making something "out of them,
i The Band, .like the "little Ger- < man Band," are still serenading residents hero of an eveningin hopes of raising funds, The weather still oontinues fine, and in consequence outdoor work of all kinds has received a push forward. ' .The Maoris who have' bought sections of land at the south end of the town have wonderfully improved tW land for cultivation purposes, -In this respect they beat their European neighbours, , r
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4860, 25 October 1894, Page 2
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197GREYTOWN NOTES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4860, 25 October 1894, Page 2
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